An Analysis on the Reading Habits of University Students Studying Physical Education and Sports Training

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze the reading habits of students studying physical education and sports trainingwith respect to certain variables. A total of 324 first-year students (125 females, 199 males) voluntarily participatedin the research from physical education and sports training departments of Sinop University, Kafkas University, andOndokuz Mays University. A questionnaire consisting of two parts was used as the data collection tool in theresearch. The personal information form was used in the first part and the "Reading Habit Attitude Scale" developedby Gömleksiz (2004) was used in the second part. Shapiro Wilk and Levene tests were employed to determinewhether the data exhibited a normal distribution in the analysis. The data exhibiting a normal distribution wereanalyzed with the help of t-test and One-Way ANOVA. In multiple comparisons, the Tukey HSD test was used todetermine the groups causing the difference. According to the results of the research, a significant difference wasfound in favor of women in the age variable of sub-dimensions of "love, habit, will, effect and benefit"; in the gendervariable; in favor of ages 18-20-21-22 in sub-dimension of "necessity"; in favor of primary and secondary schoolgraduates in sub-dimensions of "habit, necessity and will" in the father's educational background variable; in favor ofthe average value above 1.5 in sub-dimension of "love" and in favor of average grades between 1.0-2.5 insub-dimension of "benefit" in the academic grade averages variable (p <0.05). No significant difference was foundwith respect to the variables of the department and mother's education background (p> 0.05).It was revealed that among the university students studying physical education and sports training, female studentsread more than the male students and those whose father was a primary or secondary school graduate were morewilling to read and they regarded this habit as a necessity.